Showing posts with label grandma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grandma. Show all posts

Ducks and stuff...

Omg, we finally got our baby ducks today and they are BEYOND adorable! I seriously want to scream right now because they're so cute and so fucking awesome! Pardon my french, but holy shit they're cute! It's been years since we've had ducklings! Serafina and her siblings were over a month old when we got them and did NOT want anything to do with us. So yeah, you can understand my excitement.

Two of the little duckies hatched yesterday, so they're really little! The other little duck is about 4 or 5 days old, not 100% on that, though. I'll have to double check with the girl we got them from.

The girl that we got them from is seriously so awesome. You can tell that she loves her animals so much. She's messaged me a few different times asking how they're doing and stuff. She messaged me yesterday and let me know when the little ones hatched even. She's awesome. I definitely want to keep her updated on how they're doing.

I know I didn't mention it yesterday, but I had an interview today. Not going to say where, as I don't want to jinx myself. The interview went fairly well. The lady really seemed to listen to me. At the end of the interview, she said that she would be in touch with me in a week and if she didn't call me by late next week, to call her. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

On the way home from my interview, LaVaughn and I decided to stop at Save-A-Lot to do a little shopping. That place is seriously so sketchy. We only ever stop there when we want to check out produce for the gliders. Unfortunately, they didn't have anything good, but we did get an awesome deal on soda. $6.50 for a case! We loaded up on that awesomeness.

We got our mealworms in the mail today. We ordered 1000 more from this one guy on Ebay. He actually has really awesome worms for a really great price! We've been out for about a week, so we really needed them. My lovely auntie surprised us a couple days ago by dropping 100 mealies off that she picked up at the feed store. She HATES worms, so it was really brave of her to do that for us. I love her.

We have a pretty large cage set order coming our way. A girl is wanting 7 different cage sets in 7 different colors with 5 different items in each. Her theme is actually pretty cool. She's wanting all solid sets with one dark and one light. For example, dark pink and light pink, lol. I just think they'll all look neat!

Speaking of fleece, we also ordered 4 new yards of fleece from Joann.com. They're very, very pretty. Lets just hope that we get them all and none are out of stock! I hate when that happens.

Well, overall, today was a pretty good day. We got a massive discount at the store, our baby ducks arrived safe and sound, we got a rather large cage set order (new cage, here we come) and my interview went well! Definitely one for the books. For some reason, I like to think that some of this good fortune has to do with today being my gram's birthday. She would have been 92 today. I know that makes absolutely no sense, but I definitely think she played a small part in our happiness today. Love you, Gran!

Love & Peace

-Megan

Welsh Harlequin Duckling #1:




Welsh Harlequin Duckling #2:




The younger duckies, #1 and #2:






Welsh Harlequin Duck #3:













More scenic photos anyone?


The weather was really cool and awesome today, which allowed me to go outside and take a few photos. There were a few different flowers that had recently bloomed, including my watermelon blooms!! I seriously can't believe that a couple watermelon seeds that I dried and planted actually grew! It's freaking awesome! I know it's highly unlikely that they'll grow and ripen by the first frost, but a girl can dream, right?

Well, I suppose that's all for now. Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here are the photos:

 Yes, that's a rabbit. 

 Watermelon blooms.





 Not such a small vine anymore. :)

 My grandma always looked forward to the Hibiscus flowers blooming each summer. So as beautiful as these flowers are, they nearly bring me to tears every time I see them.


 Hibiscus center.

 Tiny spider.






3 Years Ago...

It's been 3 years ago since my grandma passed away. While some things have gotten easier, other still remain just as hard as they were 3 days after she passed away. Loosing someone that made such and impact on your life is never easy - she was like a mother to me. She was the one I went to when I was sick, when I was said or just when I needed a hug and to feel loved. That feeling of comfort is something that I'm never going to get back and will always miss.

R.I.P. Grandma
You will never be forgotten...

The worst thing ever...

Hey. I just wanted to let everyone know why I haven't been blogging lately. One of the most important people in my life passed away July 10th, my grandma. I've feared this day all of my life. I never thought this day would come. It's the worst thing I've ever had to deal with so far. I've never missed anyone as much as I miss her. She will never be forgotten for as long as I live.

-Megan

P.S.
I probably wont be blogging anytime soon. It's still really hard to do anything that I used to do. It makes me too sad. I'm sure in time, I'll want to blog. Just not now...

R.I.P.
Mabel Arizona Pritchett
1921 - 2009
Love always,
Megan & LaVaughn

For the first time in weeks..

It's been so long since I've blogged on here. Other than the last 4. There's just been so much going on in the past few weeks. I guess I'll start here...

Well last week my aunt (L's mom) called us and asked if we would help with her yard sale over the weekend. It was going to be the 18th, 19th, and 20th. So of course, we said yes. So we came over early Thursday morning and helped her and her husband (Gene) set everything up. Well, we were all setting outside around a table that she had set up. And as soon as the sun came up, it started to get super hot. We were all sweating and fanning ourselves just waiting for that first customer. Then finally, someone showed up. But don't get too excited people, only about 4 more people showed up that entire day. But during all this, my grandma wasn't feeling very well. We were all checking on her every little bit. She had slept until noon or so and then she would sleep in the chair. We were all getting worried about her and asking her if she wanted to go to the hospital. And of course, she said no. So then after about 3:00 or so, we decided to go stay with our grandma. Well she pretty much slept all evening and all through the night. Then the next morning she had to go to dialysis. She got up and got ready like any other time. Except about 7:30 or so, she told us that she wanted to go to the hospital instead of dialysis. So off she went. My aunt takes her to Festus every time she needs a hospital visit. So all we could do was wait. My aunt left us in charge of the yard sale, so that was real fun. We sat outside for about and hour. Then we decided that it was too hot so we went in the house and watched for people. All together, 4 people showed up. And only 3 got some stuff. It was so horrible. Then and it started to get later, we finally found out some info on our grandma. The doctor said that her organs in her stomach were swollen and she had 2 gallstones. So that was super fun to hear. The doctor also said that she had passed on stone and that it went in her liver. We were all so freaked out. So then the next day rolled around. We had to watch the yard sale again. Except that day, we got to close up shop a little early. We took all the signs down about noon. So then we started calling about grandma again. The doctor said that she was doing better, but she would have to have her gallbladder taken out. How bad is that? An 88 year old woman having her gallbladder taken out. It was so horrible to hear. But that night and the next day, she got a little better. So they decided to do the surgery Monday. Well, Sunday my other aunt called us and asked if we were going to the hospital Monday. We said yes. So then she asked if it would be ok if she went with us. So of course, we said yes. Them Monday rolled around and we went and got our aunt. We got up to the hospital around 11:30 or so. Then we had to wait. When she finally got out of surgery, we were so relieved. The doctor said that the surgery went wonderful. She just had a little bleeding after. He said that was normal since she was taking aspirin and dialysis. And naturally, that makes her blood thin. Then he told us that her gallbladder was full of gallstones. After all that, we had to go sit in the ICU waiting room. Then we had to wait some more. After about 2 hours, we finally got to see her. LaVaughn and me sat in there with her for about 30 minutes, then we had to take our aunt home. So after we said our goodbyes, we left. It was so hot yesterday. Luckily, we got to drive our aunt's car from her place to the hospital. And she has air conditioning, which we do not. Anyway, that's about all of that for now. I talked to my uncle today and he told me that she was doing pretty good. I'm going to call here in a little bit and see how she is. I'll probably update you later...

In other news. We've been playing with our gliders a lot. We take them in the bathroom 2 or 3 times a day. For about and hour or more each time. At the beginning of last week, my little devil stared being real mean. She would crab if we would put or hands anywhere near her. Then she got to where she would crab even if we walked by her cage. We were getting kind of worried that she would never like us, but we were wrong. She's gotten so much better in the past few days. She doesn't scream at us anymore. She's still a little pouch protective, but hopefully that gets better with time. They are so cute and such a cool pet. They're pretty much all I think about. I think that's all about them for now. I uploaded loads of picture of them at the bottom. So, enjoy.

Ok, what else. Last Monday we order our gliders a new cage. It's called the Brisbane Cage. But we go the Brisbane Cage Package Set . Which was so much cooler than just the cage. We also got some jungle vines, papaya and blueberry treats, and some pineapple and papaya treats. Well, we got that in the mail Friday. I thought I was going to die when I saw the UPS truck pull up. The dude carried it in for us, so that was cool. And like as soon as we shut the door behind him, we started ripping the box open. After we got it opened, we saw that it was bent at the end. We were so pissed. Then wen we started putting it together, we noticed that they didn't give us any instructions. I was like, "What the hell!" but we put it together anyway. After we got it together and on its stand, we really seen how big it actually was. It's huge! I didn't expect it to be that big. It's so super nice though. Our gliders love it. I added a couple pictures of it so you could see what it looked like.

Aside from the cage, we also ordered a cage set. It's so super cute. We got in on eBay for the very low price of, $37.79. That's with shipping and adding hooks. You can see it Here . We didn't get it until Monday. So after we got back from the hospital, we ripped it open. We started looking at it and spreading it out on the floor, then we noticed that we were missing a couple pieces. We had got 13 pieces instead of 15. So LaVaughn emailed the lady and told her. Luckily, she was super nice about it and told us that she would send the rest of it asap. I also uploaded a picture of all the stuff in our cage.

Lets see... is there anything else? Oh yea, we got mealworms for our gliders! We had went to Poplar Bluff last Monday to get some, but both pet stores were out. So we had to settle for super worms. And they were super bug too. Well, we got them home and tried to give our gliders one, but they were terrified of them. So we eventually had to throw them out. Well Monday, I called the local pet/food place (animal food, not human food) and asked if they had any, And to my surprise, they did. So I like flew to the store before they closed and got a 50 pick of them. Well, that night we finally go to feed our gliders some. I feel so bad for the worms, but I love to watch our glider eat them. It's so bad...

Well, I think that sums everything up. Hope you enjoyed it. In the next day or two, I'll have a few movie reviews for you. So until them, keep on rockin!

- Megan

Song of the day: I Feel Like Going Home by Muddy Waters


This little cutie is Kira.

And this is Sadie.

Kira in the pouch that my aunt made.

Sadie in the pouch.

Kira on LaVaughn's back.

Sadie on my arm.

Sadie in a her little fleece pouch that I made her.

Kira in the little pouch that I made her.

Sadie hanging on the shower curtain.

Kira hanging on the chair leg.

Kira sleeping in LaVaughn's hand. Huge sign of trust.

Sadie sleeping in my hand. Huge step for her.

The little glider girls together.

Kira on LaVaughn's hand.

Sadie on my hand.

This is our awesome new cage. So freakin awesome!

Sadie and Kira in their new wodent wheel.

Two gliders, one little pouch...

And the is our new cage with our awesome new cage set in it. How classy does that look?

Sadie exploring their new cage set.

Kira checking out their new corner hammock.